BeardyFox

My first run since London (for one reason and another). I felt I needed a mental break from structured training and flogging myself. Had been wondering if I really wanted to get back. Was great temp at 5:30 and within 300 yards I had a smile back on my face. I’m back in.

After categorically ruling out any more races to my wife on monday. I'm starting to get the twitch again. Thinking shorter distances for a while now though.

I caught the back end of the horse you were talking about!

That was brutal. Knew fairly early on that I was going to struggle with the heat. Had niggles from mile 7. Injury held out until mile 22 when all of a sudden both legs just locked up with cramp. Huge respect to the crowd that were cheering and managed to get me walking again. Finished it though and that’s what matters.

Truly bricking it for tomorrow. Hoping the leg holds up and my glorious ginger skin doesn’t burst in to flames. Fingers crossed I won’t be waddling around like Ayew at a buffet. Good luck to everyone taking part.

I'm going to have one hell of a tw*t tan

Well done mate!

Same here. I've been rehabbing an injury for the past 4 week, one point i didn't know if id actually be able to run it. Did a 10k saturday so feeling a bit better. Other than going to work im in near lockdown conditions. Getting nervous about the expo too but more about travelling from St.Pancras to there and back to the hotel.

Half Marathon PB yesterday 1:56. Felt good to finally get under 2hrs, big step mentally. Got a deload week in marathon training now so just a few easy runs to recover.

Vast majority is tarmac. There’s a small section that’s like a gravel type patch and then a field you have to run across. It had rained the week before last year so it was wet. It’s a loop so you end up running the section twice. I was glad I picked a shoe with good grip

Did it last year. Thinking about it again for this year. The start is a big down hill followed by a bit of undulation. Then in to a country park and fields. After that is not too bad. But around mile 7 or so there’s a big hill and then the last part is running back up the hill from the start. Which is a bit of a killer. Another thing is that the parking around the place is pretty crap.

Incredible effort. Well done mate. Also worth noting that if I was posting 89min Half Marathons I'd be windmilling my tadger down Melton high street, so well done for staying humble 😂

Slow and steady 11 miles this morning in the rain. Experimented with a few different gels. Had a caffeinated one at mile 8. By mile 10 I thought I was going to leave my guts on the pavement, talk about gas! This week I finally managed to raise the £3k for my charity for London. Exactly a year after my dad passed away so it felt even more special.